Ireland took first in Volleyball! Their first loss was when they were in the final 3. They lost to the team that would take 3rd and get to go home! Yes I say "get" because we finally went home at 9:30 from a school sponsored event! We were not too thrilled with that. Glad its all over.

Shea is 4 now. What a crazy weekend we had with birthdays and Easter at the Rawlinsons. We had plenty of candy and the kids had fun finding everything in the house and outside. The cake was great too. Of course I made it (for Shea (her request) Patrick and Ember) and it totally looked like I did too! But if you add enough chocolate to a cake EVERYONE will love it. I also made the cake which redeemed the rest of the cake on the outside. Overall it was great.

Its April 29th and it snowed all day off and on. What a great start to spring! Um not!

I don't think summer break should be full of car shopping. I am pretty sure we test drove one car from every dealership in Utah this last 4 days. DONE. We will be doing a few more things as a family the rest of the week to make up for the non-doing of things the beginning of the week. But the kids did well and they checked out with the electronics enough that they all should of lost the appropriate amount of brain cells. We are also waiting to buy the car until we recover from the last bit of time.

One 12 year old girl in the house. Not loving that. Not because she is 12. I know she will have all of those cool teenage experiences but I know this is a stepping stone to her growing up. I really dont like that. But she had fun and I had no fun (just because I was sulking at her turning 12) and now I think we are past it. Well She was that day. Its been 11 days (today was her actual due date) and I think I am past the grumpiness. Love her. She is the other mom in this house. So cute with her sister and brothers.